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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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