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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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