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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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