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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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