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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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