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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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