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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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