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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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