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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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