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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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