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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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