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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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