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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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