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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about 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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