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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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