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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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