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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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