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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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