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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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