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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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