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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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