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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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