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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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