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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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