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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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