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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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