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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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