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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the exciting 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 gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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