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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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