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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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