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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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