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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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