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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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