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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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