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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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