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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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