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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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