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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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