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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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