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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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