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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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