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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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