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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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