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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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