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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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