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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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