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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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