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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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