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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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