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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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