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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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