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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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