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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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