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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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