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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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