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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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