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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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