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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for 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 massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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