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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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