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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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