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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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