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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning enable humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major 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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