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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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