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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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