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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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