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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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