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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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