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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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