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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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