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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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