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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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