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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning enable humans all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education