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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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