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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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