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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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