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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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