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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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