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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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