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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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