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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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