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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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