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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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