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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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