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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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