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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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