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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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