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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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