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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes 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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