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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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