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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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