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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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