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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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