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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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