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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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