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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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