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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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