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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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