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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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