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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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