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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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