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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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