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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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