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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the stimulating new 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 describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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