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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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