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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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