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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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