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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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