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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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