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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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