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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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