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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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