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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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