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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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