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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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