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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly 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 numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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