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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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