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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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