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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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