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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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