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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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