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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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