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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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