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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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