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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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