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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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