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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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