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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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