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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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