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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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