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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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