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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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