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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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