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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the key 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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