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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the authoritative 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 authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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