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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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