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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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