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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp these new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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