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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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