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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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