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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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