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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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