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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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