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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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