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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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