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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key 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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