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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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