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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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