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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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