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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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