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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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