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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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