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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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