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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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