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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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