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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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