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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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