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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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