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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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