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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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