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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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