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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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