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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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