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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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