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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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