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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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