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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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