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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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