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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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