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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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