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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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