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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the 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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