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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. 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. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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