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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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