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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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