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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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