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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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