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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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