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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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