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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education enable students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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