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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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