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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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