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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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