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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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