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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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