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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire 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 educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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