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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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