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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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