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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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