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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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