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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. 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. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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