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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand these new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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