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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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