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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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