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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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