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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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