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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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