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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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