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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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