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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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