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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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