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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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