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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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