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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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