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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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