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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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