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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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