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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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