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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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