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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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