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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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