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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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