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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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