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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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