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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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