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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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