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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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