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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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