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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes 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. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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