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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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