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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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