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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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