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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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