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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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