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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always 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 issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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