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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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