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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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