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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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