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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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