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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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