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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates 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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