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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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