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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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