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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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