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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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