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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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