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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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