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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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