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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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