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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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