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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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