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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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