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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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