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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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