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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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