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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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