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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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