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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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