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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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