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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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