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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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