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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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