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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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