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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are enabling people 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 institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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