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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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