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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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