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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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