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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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