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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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