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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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