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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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