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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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