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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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