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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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