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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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