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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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