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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to understand these open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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