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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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