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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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