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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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