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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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