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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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