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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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