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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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