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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning enable learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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