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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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