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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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