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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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