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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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