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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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