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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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