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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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