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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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