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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive 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 education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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