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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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