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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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