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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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