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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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