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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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