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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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