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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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