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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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