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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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