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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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