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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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