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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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