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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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