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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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