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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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