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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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