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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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