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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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