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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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