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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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