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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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