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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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