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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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