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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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