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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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