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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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