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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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