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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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