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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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