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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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