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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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