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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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