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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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