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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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