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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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