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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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