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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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