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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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