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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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