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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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