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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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