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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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