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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand these new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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