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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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