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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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