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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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