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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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