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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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