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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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