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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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