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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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