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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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