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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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