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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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