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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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