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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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