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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information the scholarly 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 dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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