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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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