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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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