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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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