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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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