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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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