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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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