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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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