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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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