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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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