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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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