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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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