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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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