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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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