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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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