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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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