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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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