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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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