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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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