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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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