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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for details 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 issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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