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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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