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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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