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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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