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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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