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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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