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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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