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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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