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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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