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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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