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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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