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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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