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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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