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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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