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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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