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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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