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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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