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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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