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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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