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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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