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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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