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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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