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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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