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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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