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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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