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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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