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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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