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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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