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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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