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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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