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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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