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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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