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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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