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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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