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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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