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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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