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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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