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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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