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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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