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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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