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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these open educational experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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