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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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