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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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