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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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