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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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