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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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