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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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