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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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