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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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