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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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