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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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