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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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