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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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