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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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