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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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