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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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