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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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