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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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