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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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