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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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