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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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