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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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