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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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