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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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