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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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