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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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