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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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