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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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