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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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