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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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