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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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