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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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