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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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