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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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