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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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