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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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