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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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