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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers 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 teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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