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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education endeavours. People want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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