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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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