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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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