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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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