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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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