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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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