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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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