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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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