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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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