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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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