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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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