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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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