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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open education undertakings. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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