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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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