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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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