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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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