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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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