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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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