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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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