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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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