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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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