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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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