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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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