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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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