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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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