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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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