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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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