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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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