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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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