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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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