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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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