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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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