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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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