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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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