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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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