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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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