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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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