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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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