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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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