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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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