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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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