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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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