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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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