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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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