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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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