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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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