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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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