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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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