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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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