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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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