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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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