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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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