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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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