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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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