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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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