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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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