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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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