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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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