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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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