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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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