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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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