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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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