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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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