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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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