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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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