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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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