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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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