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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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