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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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