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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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