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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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