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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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