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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key 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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