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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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