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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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